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discussed in biography

Almodóvar’s reputation soared with
Todo sobre mi madre (1999;
All About My Mother), which he also wrote. The film—the bittersweet story of a woman’s search for her recently deceased son’s father—won an Academy Award for best foreign-language film, and Almodóvar was honoured as best director at the Cannes film festival....

history of motion pictures

...Flower of My Secret),
Carne trémula (1997;
Live Flesh),
Todo sobre mi madre (1999;
All About My Mother), and
Habla con ella (2002;
Talk to Her). Oliveira—who was born in 1908, made his first films in the 1930s, and was...